Tool for channeling soles of boots or shoes



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J. G. ROSS.

TOOL POR OHANNELING SOLES OF .BOOTS OR SHOES. No. 331,214. PatentedN0V.V24. 1885.

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j UNITED STATES-@PATENT OFFICE@ j JOHN GILBERT ROSS, OE WAKEEIELD,ASSIGNOB To JAMES W. BROOKS,

TRUSTEE, OE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

l TOOI. FOR oHANNl-:LINO SOLES OF BOOTSOR SHOES,

SPECIFICATION forming pere ef Lettere Patent No. 331,214, dated November24, 41885.5 l Appiieetien med July 22, met. serrer No. 172,367. (nemodem .To all whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that l, JOHN G. Ross, of Wake- `iield, county of Middlesex,and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Tools forChanneling Soles of Boots 'and Shoes, of which the followingdescription, in connection Withthe accompanying drawings, is aspecification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to produce a small hand tool or devicewhereby a sole of a boot or shoe may be effectually channeled after thesame has been lasted in the usual manner, the welt sewed thereon, andthe sole tacked or otherwise secured thereto.

The invention consists, essentially, of a tool containing a mainhand-piece, a channel-cutter adjustable therein, and an auxiliaryhandpiece adj ustably connected with the main hand-piece, the latterhaving a guide xed to bear against the upper side of the projecting edgeof the Welt or sole and against the upper of the boot or shoe drawn overthe last.

As both hands are required to operate the tool herein to be described,the boot or shoe lasted in the usual manner will be firmly held upon orby any suitable jack.

Figure l shows in elevation and partial longitudinal section a tool forchanneling boots and shoes in accordance with this invention, and Fig. 2an under side view thereof.

The main hand-piece A, bored longitudinally, receives a cutter-carryingblock, c, and attached spindle a', the cutter-carrying block being ofsufficient diameter to slide freely in the hand piece. The spindle a isencircled by a spiral spring, a2, one end of which bears against thecutter carrying block, While its other end bears against the face of anadjusting-screw, b, screwed into the open end ofthe main hand-piece A,said adjusting-screw being bored longitudinally to receive the end ofthe spindle a', the rotation of the screw in one or theV other directionincreasing or decreasing the tension of the spring a2.

The cuttercarrying block a is recessed to receive the channelcutter c,preferably adjustably held therein by a screw, 2, (see Fig. 1,) whichpasses through a slot, 3, in the main hand-piece A, and also through thecuttercarrying block a. This screw 2 has an extended Shank, as will beseen in lEig. 1,wliich serves as a thumbpiece, by means of Which thecutter-carrying block c may be moved in opposition to and to compressthe spring a2 when the tool is being applied to the edge of the Welt orsole.

The main hand -piece A, near one end, is provided with a projection orear, b3, preferably integral therewith and slotted at 6, and to thisprojection by screw 5 is adjustably attached the auxiliary hand-piece B,the latter extending in a plane substantially parallel with the mainhand -piece A, thescrew 5 passing through a slot, 6, in the saidprojection or ear and permitting adjustment of the parts to channel thesole at the desired distance from its center in conformity to the last.The auxiliary handpiece B is provided with a lug or projection, b,extended therefrom at right angles in proximity to the cutter-carryingblock a. The lug or projection b serves as a guide for the sole to bechanneled, the face 8 of the said projection bearing against the upperside of the projecting edge of the welt,while the end 9 ofthe saidprojection bears against the upper ofthe boot or shoe, the latter beingdrawn tightly over the last.

In operation the boot or shoe to be channeled being suitably ixed upon ajack, the operator grasps both hand-pieces A B, compresses the cuttercarrying block a by the screw or stud 2, applies the tool to the edge ofthe boot or shoe until the end 9 of the guide b bears against the upperand the face 8 upon the upper side of the projecting edge of the welt,and then the screw 2 is released, permitting the channelcutter to enterthe sole, andthe tool is then passed around the boot or shoe, cuttingthe channel.

The auxiliary hand-piece B being made adjustable permits the channel tobe cut more or less distant from the edge of the sole; and thechannelcutter being made adjustable, the channel may be cut of anydesired depth, the cutter-carrying block a yielding to the action ofthespring c2, thus allowing the tool to be passed over a sole of varyingthickness with ease.

It is obvious that the parts may be made IOO rigid; butin such caseseveral tools would be required, according to the thickness of sole andsize of the boot or shoe; also, it is obvious that a groover may beemployed inplace of the channel-cutter, or that both may be employed. y

1. In a tool for channeling the soles of boots and shoes, the main handpiece and springcontrolled channelcutter mounted therein, combined withthe auxiliary handpiece connected with the main hand-piece, and theguide IY, arranged to co-operate with the channelcutter, allsubstantially as described'.

2. In a tool for channeling the soles of boots -and Shoes, the mainhand-piece and channelcutter adjustably mounted therein, combined withthe auxiliary hand-piece adj ustably connected with the main hand-piece,and the guide b', arranged to co-operate with the channel-cutter, allsubstantially as described.

3. In atool for channeling the soles of boots and shoes, the mainhandpiece, the springcontrolled cutter-carrying block, and cutteradjustably mounted therein, and means, sub` stantially as described, tocompress the said cutter-carrying block, combined with an auxiliaryIhandpiece adjustably connected with the main hand piece and having aguide, b',

as set forth.

4. In atool for channeling the soles of boots and shoes, the auxiliaryhandpiece and guide b', combined with the main hand-piece con'.-

nected with the auxiliary hand-piece, theto this s'pecitication in thepresence of two sub- I scribing witnesses.

JOHN GILBERT ROSS.

W'itnesses:

G. W. GREGORY, B. J. NoYEs.

